ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 428

(3) The clerk of an appellate court shall take the oath before the
Governor.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2003.

Approved May 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 428
(House Bill 405)

AN ACT concerning

Medicaid Reimbursement - Community-Based Services for Children with

Disabilities

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to apply
to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States
Department of Health and Human Services for an amendment to the State
Medical Assistance Program to allow the Department to receive certain federal
matching funds for part of the nonroom-and-board portion of certain residential
care costs; requiring that the Governor include certain funds in the budget
under certain conditions for the Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families
Resource Fund to create a certain interagency pool; requiring that the
interagency pool created under this Act be used to provide certain
community-based services and community-based out-of-home placements
needed by certain children with mental or developmental disabilities; requiring
the Office of Children, Youth, and Families to adopt certain regulations;
providing that the Act is not intended to result in the reduction of certain federal
funds; requiring the Department to monitor the status of the waiver application;
providing for the termination of this Act under certain circumstances; and
generally relating to community-based services for children with disabilities.

BY adding to

Article - Health - General

Section 15-136

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

15-136.

(A) ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 2003, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBMIT AN
APPLICATION TO THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES TO AMEND

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